20 Years of Disorder: Retrospective

 The anniversary gig was epic, as we wanted it to be. Awesome crowd, we played comparatively well, and even survived being raided by Captain Merchandise and recurring nudists.

(Photo by Ulrike Vietauer)

Thanks again to Lights in Bambi's Garden and Salon for supporting us!

Many a T-shirt was sold, and we released a new song: Oberstleutnant Österreich, our... let's call it patriotic song.

At this opportunity, I want to reflect a bit on Gradient of Disorder. I am privileged to have found friends and bandmates to do music with for over twenty years now. Having the time, interest, and compatibility for that is not to be taken for granted.

That's why I chose "the turtle wins the race" as a tagline - we might not be especially fast or talented with our instruments, but we are still there. That makes me humble, proud, but mostly thankful for the support by our community and the friends made along the way.

I am already saving ideas for the 40 year anniversary.

Stay epic!

I got Stuff: The Cosmere RPG

 After a big Kickstarter, time passes before one gets their share of stuff, but my patience was rewarded. I got my books for the Sanderson Cosmere RPG, and what a haul it is:

Especially the "Stormlight"-style dice are a show and the print production value is very high. I hope I will find an opportunity to try it out not too far in the future.

To have a few words on the setting: The first wave of books brings core rules and setting details for Roshar, the world from the Stormlight books, where harsh weather forces humans to get creative and enduring to survive and prosper. Later waves will add other world and will be compatible rules-wise.

Stay epic!

I published some things: Autumn 2025

 This autumn brings officially published literature by me, but they are "just" work-related:

One paper primarily written by me explores the metabolic changes around visible brain tumours. I hope that more research could lead to an application in predicting the development of infiltrating brain tumours. As these are very deadly, any new insights could help to identify better treatments on the long run.

Another paper published by one of my students explores neurochemical changes in epilepsy, where we to be honest do not know much at all because this field has not been explored that much in living humans. But maybe my team can change that, givene nough time.

If you are not in neurosciences, these might not be the most exciting reads, but they do show what I am working on.

20 years of Disorder: 5.12.2025

 Yes, my band Gradient of Disorder is still around, more than 20 years to be precise. Because our anniversary was during my UK stay, the commemorative show had to wait, but soon it will be time:

The opening act will be a very special suprise even to the ones of you used to our usual madness. ;-)

Stay epic!

Recommendation: Menace from the Deep

To the surprise of nobody, I do like roguelite RPGs. I recently recommended Slay the Spire, for example. Now, I did find another game like that, Menace from the Deep. It is fundamentally a StS clone, but does a few nice spins on the game mechanics and uses a Lovecraftian setting to distinguish itself.

It might not be the most novel experience, but if you need something to do while waiting for Slay the Spire 2, you might enjoy this one as well.

The Goldenes Brett 2025 is coming!

 Autumn is coming, and that means it is time to make fun of ignorance. The "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" is a yearly satirical award for anti-science and esoteric bullshit and will happen again on the 25.10.2025 at the Stadtsaal Wien.

Get tickets for you and your friends/family to have a great time! If you cannot attend, there will  also be a live stream.

What do I have to do with that? As the treasurer of the society for critical thinking, which hosts the event, I am the one responsible for paying bills in time. 

Therefore, totally biased in the name of financial stability, please come and support our (non-profit) event. There will be show acts, bullshit bingo, and the odd entertaining disruption.

Stay epic!

Epic Adventures: UK is now complete!

 My stay abroad has come to an end, and with that, I have completed my podcast "Epic Adventures UK". After listener feedback, it is not only available on Spotify, but has an RSS feed and is available on Youtube as well.

What have I learned from my podcast? That speaking for 20-30 minutes is harder work than it looks like, especially if you cut out silence and random sounds. That software tools might lose your data, even if they are apparently backuped. That proper preparation is essential.

This project is complete anyways, and I do not intend to continue podcasting as I do not have any brilliant ideas and cannot commit enough time to get "professional" anyways. But overall, it was an interesting experience.

Stay epic!